St. Sixtus and St. Sinnitius Collegiate Church Ramelsloh

Ramelsloh owes its creation to a spiritual foundation. When the Vikings attacked and destroyed Hamburg in 845, Bishop Ansgar fled. A woman Ikia gave him land in the forest of "Hramesloa". The first church and a men's foundation were built on this land. The Ramelsloh canon foundation founded by Ansgar belonged to the diocese of Verden. It is considered one of the oldest institutions of this kind in Lower Saxony.However, the former collegiate church of St. Sixtus and St. Sinnitius on the “Domplatz” in Ramelsloh has never been a bishop's church. The members of the collegiate foundation were referred to as "canons" and spoke of the "cathedral" to emphasize the importance of the church as a central church.
The "canons" lived in a monastery-like community without a vow commitment.Duke Ernst the Confessor of Braunschweig-Lüneburg led the Reformation in Ramelsloh Abbey in 1540 after years of conflict
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In 1684, preacher and senator Balthasar Volckmann founded the parish of Ramelsloh. Since then, the collegiate church has also been a parish church.
In 1863 the Ramelsloh Abbey was abolished.
The church received its present shape from a major renovation in the years 1887 to 1889 as a neo-Gothic hall church. The late Gothic medieval choir remained unchanged during the renovation.
In the choir, glass windows show Ansgar with the relic of St. Sixtus, to the left and right of Ansgar are St. Sixtus and Sinnitius.kirchengemeinde-ramelsloh.de/35-2

what a beautiful church building, a charming photo motif